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Article on shoe protectors like the ones I have here (5)

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I believe the answer is:

these

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'the ones i have here' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'article on shoe protectors' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'shoe protectors' becomes 'se' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the'+'se'='THESE'

'like' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for these that I've seen before include "Plural form of this" , "Pronoun for people or things" , "He set (anag)" , "Sheet (anag) -- pronoun" , "Teh other ones from those" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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